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35 amazing facial reconstructions, from Stone Age shamans to King Tut
By Christina Hughes published
New scientific techniques are helping us reconstruct people from the past in uncanny detail.
See the face of 'Ava,' a Bronze Age woman who lived in Scotland 3,800 years ago
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Researchers created a 3D image of a Bronze Age woman who was likely part of Europe’s “Bell Beaker” culture.
What do (real) archaeologists think of the legacy of 'Indiana Jones'?
By Owen Jarus published
Is Indiana Jones an archaeologist or a looter? Archaeologists dish on the adventurer before the movie premiere of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."
Enigmatic Anglo-Saxon ivory rings discovered in elite burials came from African elephants 4,000 miles away
By Tom Metcalfe published
Hundreds of elite Anglo-Saxon women were buried with mysterious ivory rings. Now, researchers know the ivory came from elephants living about 4,000 miles away from England.
Scientists discover what could be the oldest evidence of cannibalism among ancient human relatives
By Sascha Pare published
Nine cut marks on a 1.45 million-year-old hominin bone suggest another hominin, possibly of the same species, slashed the bone to strip the flesh and eat it.
Men hunt and women gather? Large analysis says the long-held idea is flat-out wrong
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
Scientists studying hunter-gatherer societies around the world discovered the stereotypes that men were hunters and women were gatherers was wrong.
2,000-year-old 'not a pizza' fresco discovered in Pompeii
By Kristina Killgrove published
A 2,000-year-old Pompeian fresco offers a mouthwatering taste of the Roman diet.
Silver medal featuring winged Medusa discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall
By Laura Geggel published
The snake-covered head of Medusa was found on a silver military decoration at a Roman auxiliary fort in England.
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